There’s No Such Thing”: JAMB Clarifies Uniform Cut-Off Marks for Tertiary Institution Admissions

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22/07/24 • 244 Views • 0 Share • Published in Conferences

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified its statement regarding the cut-off marks for admission. Legit.ng reported that JAMB pegged 140 as a "cut-off" mark for university and..

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions nationwide. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, July 18, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as the cut-off mark for universities and 100 for polytechnics. There’s no such thing as ‘cut-off mark’ in admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, what’s obtainable is minimum tolerable score determinable by individual institutions,” it said. The denial comes just one day after it was widely reported, that the Board had pegged 140 as a cut-off mark for admission into universities, and 100 as the minimum cut-off point mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria. The statement attributed to JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, quoted him as announcing the development in Abuja at the 2024 Policy meeting of the Board.